2007-2008 SCHOOL-WIDE READING PROGRAM

RESPONSE QUESTIONS

REQUIRED BOOKS: Respond to the following topics thoroughly and thoughtfully for your required summer reading books. Bring your carefully written and typed responses to class at the beginning of the course. Your teacher may also have an additional class assignment.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Respond to the following topics thoroughly and thoughtfully for your recommended summer reading books. Bring your carefully written and typed responses to your teacher for extra credit.

Reader's Name ___________________________________ Course __________________________
Book Title ______________________________________ Author __________________________

FICTION BOOKS

  1. Give a concise, but well-written summary of this book.

  2. What is the most significant problem that the main character faces? How is it resolved?

  3. Describe the character in the book that most captures your interest as a reader. What is there about him/her that you found interesting?

  4. What scene or idea is most memorable to you from this book? Describe it.

  5. What connections do you see between this book and your own life? Is there a character, event, or setting, for instance, which reminds you of someone or something in your life? Explain.

  6. What seems to be the major point the author wants you to remember?

  7. How did this book stretch your mind in new directions? What new ideas did it make you consider?

NON-FICTION BOOKS

  1. Give a concise, but well-written summary of this book. What were the main themes of the book?

  2. Discuss concisely one theme or major point that the author wants you to remember. Offer evidence from the book to support this theme or major point.

  3. Describe a part of the book that captured your interest as a reader.

  4. What connection do you see between this book and your own life (e.g., experiences in the classroom, at home, or elsewhere; something that you have read or viewed in the classroom or at home)?

  5. What diagrams, charts, pictures, and/or drawings helped you to better understand a particular concept in the book? Recreate one and describe how it helped you better understand an idea.

  6. How did the ideas in this book affect society? Were they revolutionary in any way? How have these ideas benefited mankind?

  7. How did this book stretch your mind in new directions? What new ideas did it make you consider? Did it open your mind to a possible career?